Make and Take Craft Weekend January Tshirt Quilt Weekend

We just wrapped up our first T-shirt Quilt Weekend and it was such a blast! All of our guest left with a finished rag T-shirt quilt and they were all spectacular!

We started off our Friday night with a very delicious dinner and then it was time to start cutting out the T-shirts. We figured out what size everyone was going to cut their squares and they were busy cutting all their shirts into squares. We provided the batting and cotton backing if they wanted to use that or they could choose to use the backs of their T-shirts. It was a late night and everyone got all their squares pinned together with the batting and backing.

Joette cutting her daughter's high school T-shirt

Kristen cutting out Race for the Cure shirts.

Kim did an all sports quilt: Mizzou, Cardinals, Rams and Blues.

Saturday morning was a yummy breakfast then it was off to start sewing their blocks together. They then laid their blocks out to figure out their layout. Once they had their layout then it was back to sewing the quilt together. Taking a break for lunch and snacks, they sewed all the blocks together and then it was on to snipping to make the the rag quilt.

Kristen used pink binding to finish her quilt to add that pop of color.

Such a fun weekend with good food, great friends and 3 finished T-shirt quilts! Also we had our first guests take the Amtrak train from St. Louis to Washington.

We are thinking of having another one but it's soon. February 7, 2014 at 5pm until February 8 at 5pm. The T-shirt Quilt night includes lodging for Friday night, 3 meals, snacks and drinks, supplies to make your quilt all for $225.. All you have to bring is your overnight items, your T-shirts and be ready to have a great time! Go here to register.

Make and Take Craft Weekend Christmas Series

This past Sunday we had our 3rd of 4 installments of our Christmas Series where the ladies made two different holiday projects. This time they made a set of 12 Christmas cards with envelopes and a set of 3 wooden snowmen to use as decorations for their homes that can be out all winter long. They turned out so darn cute and really they weren't that difficult to make.

To see what the ladies have made in the other weeks, click here. This has been such a fun series event that I can't wait to offer it again for next year's holiday season, the possibilities are endless when it comes to ideas for holiday crafts!

November Sewing Class Part 2

For our second class in the session we made Reversible Tote Bags, using the wonderful tutorial from MADE. I do love these bags, they are simple to construct and a great size. The ladies tonight were awesome as usual, we stayed a little later so they could finish their bags before they left. The best thing about this pattern is that you can change it up in so many ways, you can have multiple fabrics or you can add the pieces together to have one larger same colored bag. The possibilities are endless and they make great gifts for teachers, just add this TOTEally awesome printable from Just Another Day in Paradise.

I just love the proud look on these faces when they finish a project that actually comes out great! I think that is one of the keys to learning to sew, pick projects that aren't so complicated that you can get a wonderful end project and have pride in that item. I love the feeling when people ask where I bought something and I can tell them that I made it!

November Craft Weekend

Our November Make and Take Craft Weekend was a complete blast from the moment the ladies arrived on Friday evening until Sunday morning when they left. So sad it had to come to an end so soon! Our weekend in pictures (a lot of pictures!)...

Name tags for the lovely ladies.

Elena cutting her material for ruffles.

Jill killing the sewing machine as a newbie! She even hemmed some of her pants!

Maggie and Erin starting their mason jars.

Ruth sewing her ruffles on her tote bag.

Ruth, Rita and Bev working on their tote bags.

Elena hemming her ruffles, she discovered there's something to this "crafting" thing!

Jill, Elena, Maggie and Erin working on their bags Friday.

Maggie and Erin pinning their ruffles onto bags.

Rita got creative and added a pocket to the back of the bag! Love!

Bev's

Erin's

Jill's

Maggie's

Elena's

Rita's

Ruth's

All the pretty bags! Such personality in every single one of them!

Jill "posing" while shopping at The Vintage Farmhouse.

Checking out the goods at The Painted Home.

Lunch at The Old Dutch Tavern.

Wanting everything in this vintage sewing window display at Four Seasons Florist.

Thinking about those signs from The Painted Home.

Bev with the adorable hoop art she made for her awesome grandson!

Erin working on such a beautiful hoop art project!

Erin and her finished infinity scarf, loving the pop of yellow from her flower pin.

Picking out and cutting knit materials for infinity scarfs and flower buttons.

Rita and Debbie figuring out Rita's scarf.

Rita sewing on some pearl beads to her hoop art. I'm a little jealous of her mad skills!

Love how Ruth added the burlap behind her ribbons!

And this my friends is what creativity looks like plus snacks on mug rugs!

Burlap runners just in time for Christmas decorating!

A few finished projects from Saturday night crafting!

Rita's bag and scarf, cute!

Wire words.

A table full of completed goodies!

Another table full of completed goodies!

Our awesome, amazing, funny, kind, full of laughs November Craft Weekend ladies!

This weekend was phenomenal, amazing, magnificent and way too short! We had some veteran crafters and newbies and they all killed the crafts we had for them! Everyone was so willing to help each other out and I believe we all left with new found friends. We had many first this weekend: sewing through the flat head of a pin without breaking a needle, sewing plastic on the inside of the bag, sewing the bag shut, and hot gluing a button to a behind! The memories and laughs we shared will forever have a place in my heart and the best thing is, these ladies are all so close I see some get together's in the near future, I hope! Thank you ladies.

If interested in coming to a Craft Weekend, we would love be your host and pamper you, check out Make and Take Craft Weekend. We will be adding more dates soon and we just added the April Craft Weekend which will coordinate with St. Louis Vintage Market Days! We are also offering a few Scrapbooking Weekends, we provide lodging, meals and snacks and you bring your supplies to have a whole weekend dedicated to scrapbooking!